The geometry tool is an easy to use tool that allows you to add the following geometry values to points, lines, and polygons:
- Point: The XCOORD and YCOORD columns will contain the x and y coordinates of the point
- Line: The SHAPE_LEN column will contain the length of the record's line(s)
- Polygon: The AREA and PERIMETER columns will contain the area and perimeter of the record's polygon(s)
To access this, go to Vector | Geometry Tools | Add Geometry Attributes.
In the Add Geometry Attributes window, set the Input layer to be processed by either selecting it from the drop-down list or clicking on the browse button and navigating to the file.
To save the output, click on the browse button at the end of the Add Geometry Attributes textbox and choose to save to file (where you can set the vector file type...
